With time, you’ll start to identify feeding patterns that you can apply to any trout river you’ll fish. A fall brook trout caught on a dry fly. / Photo provided by Jasper Taback.

Tie on a floating adult pattern and use standard upstream dry-fly techniques. Patterns that work as searching dries include Elk Hair Caddis, Stimulator, Goddard Caddis and X-Caddis.

Wulffs, Humpys and Stimulators tied in various color combinations in sizes 12 to 16 are some of the best patterns for bringing up trout when nothing is hatching.

7 Essential Nymph Patterns for Every Trout Angler. No bugs ... I don’t have a hard and fast rule about the number of cubic feet per second at which I can’t rationalize fishing a dry fly, ...

Last week, I offered some suggestions on assembling a basic assortment of nymph patterns for early-season trout in our region. This week, I’ll present a similar discussion targeting dry-fly ...

Also, if trout are rising, I always ask the guy on the oars to pull up on a gravel bar or the bank so I can match a dry fly pattern to what’s hatching. Like many fly fishers I started off ...

A few weeks ago, I resurrected a fly pattern that you’ll probably recognize if you are among that group of now middle-aged fly fishers who took up the sport in the 1970s. We called it the &#8… ...

Greenberg explained, “This is a favorite dry fly pattern for large trout. It’s June, it’s 7 p.m., this is what I’m fishing with! ...

Fly Fishing Tips – What to Do About Dry Fly Refusals. ... Maybe it wasn’t quite the right pattern, the tippet was a little too thick, or your fly dragged at the last moment ...

These bugs mark the beginning of "dry fly season" across the West, and offer a relief to anglers everywhere who've spent most of winter nymphing for lethargic trout or throwing tiny size 26 midges ...

Because of their shape and design, these flies sit lower in the film than a traditional dry fly pattern, making them an easier — and safer — target for rising trout. Pale colors are good for emergers ...